Re: Analog(ue) Computer Engineer
"As the day progressed the settings would drift due to temperature fluctuations and this made the system unreliable. I think D/A and A/D converters have taken over for this reason."
Er no, because those D/A and A/D converters still need analogue amplifiers - and A/D converters need sample and hold as well.
Modern analogue circuitry can be extremely temperature stable - but digital circuitry can do useful tricks like short inputs to ground and measure offset, thus becoming self calibrating. The reason we don't build circuits with hundreds of op amps is because they are a complete pig to rewire to change function, versus a software change, recompile, download to flash and continue.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
